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Michael Pooler

Brazil Correspondent

Michael Pooler is a Brazil correspondent with the FT, based in São Paulo. He was previously a reporter on the industry team in London.
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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Brazil aims to raise $2bn from debut sustainable bond sale

    Green debt issuance will be a test of investor appetite for Lula’s environmental agenda

    A Brazililan federal agency officer taking part in an operation against deforestation in the Amazon in February 2023
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Special ReportThe Future of Banking
    Brazil counts success with Pix payments tool

    State-backed instant transfer service is credited with helping to widen financial inclusion

    A man at a stall in São Paolo, Brazil, pays with a credit card
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Marcelo Claure
    Marcelo Claure’s Latin America fund makes first investment

    Former SoftBank executive’s Bicycle Capital places $25mn bet on Brazilian motorbike rental start-up

    Marcelo Claure
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s Lula seals pact with opposition parties in hopes of political boost

    President exchanges two cabinet posts for support from rightwing parties

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil’s second-quarter growth beats estimates in boost for Lula

    Higher output welcomed by leftwing leader, who criticises high interest rates as a drag on economy

    People walking in Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    News in-depthJair Bolsonaro
    Brazil’s jewels scandal adds to Bolsonaro’s legal woes

    Probe over expensive foreign gifts damages hard-right former president’s ability to build a political legacy

    Jair Bolsonaro
  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula nears pact with Brazilian rightwingers to boost passage of agenda

    Government in talks on ‘political front’ with parties once allied to hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Natura Cosmeticos SA
    Brazil’s Natura considers Body Shop sale

    Beauty conglomerate has struggled to turn around UK ethical skincare brand

    The Body Shop logo outside one of its stores
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s congress approves looser spending rules in boost for Lula

    New fiscal framework under leftwing administration means budgets must rise by more than rate of inflation

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    Geopolitics
    China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

    Leaders from bloc of developing economies will gather this week to debate expansion

  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Top police commanders arrested over Brazil capital riots

    High-ranking officers accused of involvement in riots by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro

    Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm the presidential palace in Brasília while clashing with security forces on January 8 2023
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    News in-depthBraskem SA
    Fight for Brazil chemicals group Braskem draws in foreign bidders — and Lula government

    Latin America’s largest petrochemicals producer has attracted bids from Apollo and Abu Dhabi state-run oil company

    A driver sits in a truck parked in front of the Braskem petrochemical plant in Duque de Caxias, Brazil
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil unveils $76bn public spending spree

    Leftwing leader Lula wants state to play a greater role in economic development

    resident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the construction site of the new building of the Brazilian Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Deforestation
    Amazon nations fail to agree deforestation target

    Brazilian president had aimed to persuade neighbours to agree to halt illegal destruction of forests by 2030

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    Central banks
    Latin America’s central banks declare victory in war on inflation

    Hard-fought battles with price pressures in the 1980s and 1990s meant rate-setters acted fast when costs soared

    Members of the Unified Workers’ Central trade union protest against rising interest rates outside the headquarters of the central bank in Brasília in June
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Vale SA
    Saudi Arabia makes mining bet with stake in Vale’s base metals division

    Brazilian miner sells 13% slice of business to aid ‘energy transition’ in $3.4bn cash deal

    An excavator loads raw nickel ore into a dump truck at a Vale nickel mining site in Indonesia
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    News in-depthBrazil
    Brazilian brokerage XP looks to life after the lockdown bull market

    Fintech’s chief says improving economic picture will boost recovery following group’s bumpy comedown from pandemic frenzy

    XP chief Thiago Maffra
  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    The Big Read
    The discreet US campaign to defend Brazil’s election

    Amid widespread speculation about a coup attempt, the Biden administration pressured politicians and generals to respect the result

  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    InterviewPetrobras
    Petrobras CEO says not keeping oil reserves up would be ‘fatal error’

    Brazilian oil major is trying to overcome opposition to plans for drilling off the mouth of the Amazon river

    Jean Paul Prates,
  • Monday, 19 June, 2023
    Accounting & Consulting services
    PwC and KPMG drawn deeper into Brazilian retailer’s accounting scandal

    Audit firms scrutinised over collapse of Americanas which has shocked corporate Brazil

  • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
    News in-depthAirlines
    Airlines consolidate and relaunch to reshape Latin America’s skies

    Spirit of enterprise helps to lift carriers out of the Covid clouds and seek growth again

  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil divided over oil drilling proposal off Amazon delta

    ‘A big fight’: potential new fossil fuel source causes rift in Lula government after green pledges

    The mouth of the Amazon River on the coast of Amapa state in Brazil
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Inside BusinessBrazil
    Betting scandal deals blow to Brazilian football’s development

    The growing influence of sports gambling has spurred calls for a better legal framework for the industry

    A man uses the gambling website Bet365 on a smartphone
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Football
    Spain’s football league seeks changes to law after racism backlash

    Chants directed at star player Vinícius Júnior draw anger from Brazilian government

    Real Madrid attacker Vinícius Júnior gestures towards a supporter during his team’s match against Valencia on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    São Paulo
    São Paulo’s levels of urban misery feel higher than ever

    One symptom of the city’s malaise is the takeover of streets and squares by addicts and drug dealers

    Drug addicts participating in the project are seen in ‘Crackland’, an area in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, in February
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